Organisation profile

The Chair for Sustainability Management at the CSM is an internationally oriented professorship leading in research, continuing education and knowledge transfer in the field of corporate sustainability management. Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Stefan Schaltegger, approximately 30 members of the Centre from a number of different disciplines (including environmental sciences, business administration, political science and cultural sciences) collaborate in interdisciplinary research projects. 

The mission of the Chair in Sustainability Management includes both theoretical, transdisciplinary and applied research into corporate sustainability management as well as the initiation and scientific consultation of model projects.

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The Chair for Sustainability Management at the CSM is an internationally oriented professorship leading in research, continuing education and knowledge transfer in the field of corporate sustainability management. Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Stefan Schaltegger, about 30 researchers of the Centre from a number of different disciplines (including environmental sciences, business administration, political science and cultural sciences) collaborate in interdisciplinary research projects. 

The mission of the Chair in Sustainability Management includes theoretical, transdisciplinary and applied research into corporate sustainability management as well as the initiation and scientific consultation of model projects.

 

Research Areas: Foundations of sustainability management and corporate social responsibility; Measurement, information and communication of sustainability; Management of stakeholder relationships, Conservation management and integrative sustainability management; Continuous education

Continuing education products

Das Fernstudium MBA Sustainability Management ist der weltweit erste universitäre MBA für Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement und Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Seit seiner Gründung im Jahr 2003 ist er einer der führenden „Green MBA“ durch eine einzigartige und optimale Kombination aus Managementwissen, Persönlichkeitsentwicklung, Soft Skills und verantwortungsvoller Unternehmensführung

Die hohe Qualität des Weiterbildungsstudiums wird durch die Kompetenz der Dozierenden sowie vielfältige Praxispartnerschaften garantiert. Der MBA Sustainability Management ist akkreditiert und wurde zudem als UNESCO-Dekade-Projekt ausgezeichnet.

Das CSM ist darüber hinaus in weiteren internationalen Weiterbildungsprogrammen zu CSR und Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement aktiv. Seit Jahren arbeitet es erfolgreich in der Weiter- und Fernbildung mit der FernUniversität Hagen und dem Fraunhofer Institut für Umwelt, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik (UMSICHT) zusammen. Das CSM betreut u.a. den gesamten Bereich des Umweltmanagements für deren interdisziplinären Studiengang Umweltwissenschaften (infernum, Master of Environmental Sciences, MSc).

Spin-offs

see projects and MBA Sustainability Management

  1. 2002
  2. Published

    Strategisches Umweltmanagement und Öko-Marketing: Grundlagen des Umweltmanagements

    Schaltegger, S. & Petersen, H., 03.2002, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 93 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. Published

    The Relationship Between the Environmental and Economic Performance of Firms: An Empirical Analysis of the European Paper Industry

    Wagner, M., Phu, N. V., Azomahou, T. & Wehrmeyer, W., 01.01.2002, In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 9, 3, p. 133-146 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    The Relationship of Environmental and Economic Performance at the Firm Level: A Review of Empirical Studies in Europe and Methodological Comments

    Wagner, M. & Wehrmeyer, W., 01.01.2002, In: European Environment. 12, 3, p. 149-159 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    A Framework for Ecopreneurship: Leading Bioneers and Environmental Managers to Ecopreneurship

    Schaltegger, S., 2002, In: Greener Management International. 38, p. 45-58 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    An Integrative Framework of Environmental Management Accounting: Consolidating the Different Approaches of EMA into a Common Framework and Terminology

    Burritt, R. L., Hahn, T. & Schaltegger, S., 2002, Environmental Management Accounting: Informational and Institutional Developments. Bennett, M. & Bouma, J. J. (eds.). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 21-35 15 p. (Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science ; vol. 9).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  7. Published

    Axel Springer Verlag: Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement am Druckstandort

    Bieder, T., Friese, A. & Hahn, T., 2002, Nachhaltig managen mit der Balanced Scorecard: Konzept und Fallstudien. Schaltegger, S. & Dyllick, T. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Dr. Gabler Verlag, p. 167-197 31 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Bio-Vielfalt im Portofolio

    Figge, F., 2002, In: Umwelt. 10, p. 7 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  9. Published

    Chancen und Probleme des betriebsinternen CO2-Zertifikatehandels am Beispiel des Otto Versand, Hamburg

    Trautwein, S., 2002, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 157 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  10. Published

    Corporate Environmental Performance Evaluation: Evidence from the Mepi Project

    Tyteca, D., Carlens, J., Berkhout, F., Hertin, J., Wehrmeyer, W. & Wagner, M., 2002, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 11, 1, p. 1-13 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  12. Published

    "Ecopreneure": nach der Dekade des Umweltmanagements das Jahrzehnt des nachhaltigen Unternehmertums?

    Schaltegger, S. & Petersen, H., 2002, In: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte. 52, 31/32, p. 37-46 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  13. Published

    Ecopreneure haben eine Schlüsselrolle

    Petersen, H. & Schaltegger, S., 2002, In: Umwelt-Focus. 6, p. 13-15 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

  14. Published

    Ecopreneurship: nachhaltiges Wirtschaften aus der Unternehmerperspektive

    Schaltegger, S. & Petersen, H., 2002, Hagen: FernUniversität in Hagen.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCompendium/lecture notesEducation

  15. Published

    EMA Links with Management Systems and Other Stakeholders

    Schaltegger, S., Hahn, T. & Burritt, R., 2002, Environmental Management Accounting Policies and Linkages. Savage, D. E. (ed.). New York, NY: United Nations Publications, p. 91-238 148 p. (Economic & Social Affairs).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  16. Published

    Environmental Management Accounting and the Opportunity Cost of Neglecting Environmental Protection

    Schaltegger, S. & Burritt, R., 2002, Environmental Management Accounting: Informational and Institutional Developments. Bennett, M. & Bouma, J. J. (eds.). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 265-277 13 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  17. Published

    Environmental Management Strategies: Britain and Germany Compared

    Wehrmeyer, W., Wagner, M., Pacheco, C. & Schaltegger, S., 2002, London: Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society , 253 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  18. Published

    Erfahrungen und Schlussfolgerungen

    Bieker, T., Dyllick, T., Figge, F., Gminder, C. U., Hahn, T., Schaltegger, S. & Wagner, M., 2002, Nachhaltig managen mit der Balanced Scorecard: Konzept und Fallstudien. Schaltegger, S. & Dyllick, T. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Dr. Gabler Verlag, p. 345-372 28 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  19. Published

    Government Strategies to Promote Corporate Environmental Management Accounting

    Schaltegger, S., Hahn, T. & Burritt, R., 2002, Environmental Management Accounting: Informational and Institutional Developments. Bennett, M. & Bouma, J. (eds.). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 187-198 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  20. Published

    Informationsmanagement für umweltrechtskonforme Produkte

    Hahn, T., 2002, Betriebliches Umweltmanagement: Loseblattsammlung. Lutz, U., Döttinger, K. & Roth, K. (eds.). Düsseldorf: Symposion Publishing, p. 1-34

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  21. Published

    Management der Biodiversität aus Sicht der Portofoliotheorie

    Figge, F., 2002, In: Zeitschrift für Biopolitik. 1, 1, p. 18-24 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review